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Matt Lindauer @mattlindauer.bsky.social · 1d

My new book *The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts* is featured at The Page 99 Test. Page 99 looks at conflicts between achieving consensus and empowering those most committed to solving social problems, and tries to make progress on these issues. #philsky

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Matthew Lindauer's "The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts"

Matthew Lindauer is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Brooklyn College and Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Psychology at CUNY Grad...

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 2d

i made a model to assign scores for how robustly US politicians oppose fascism & graded 13 leading dems

criteria & method QTed, individual results in 🧵 below:

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 4d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 5d

JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment.

New from me:
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Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

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Infinite Women @infinite-women.com · 4d

"However, Ember says the headlines mask a mixed global picture.

Developing countries, especially China, led the clean energy charge but richer nations including the US and EU relied more than before on planet-warming fossil fuels for electricity generation." 2/2
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Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

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Matt Lindauer @mattlindauer.bsky.social · 5d

Link to book and code for discount: global.oup.com/academic/pro..., Discount code: AUFLY30

Free chapter: academic.oup.com/book/60700/c...

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Matt Lindauer @mattlindauer.bsky.social · 5d

I just received a discount code for my new book *The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts.* Link and code in image and first comment.

Also: 1) a link to a free copy of the book's introductory overview, 2) for ppl at unis, a link to ask your librarian to order a copy (I would be most grateful 😊).

Image with discount code for book *The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts*. Link for book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-fruitfulness-of-normative-concepts-9780197633809?cc=us&lang=en&, Discount code: AUFLY30

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Diego Reinero, Ph.D. @diegoreinero.bsky.social · 5d

Keynotes: @paulbloomatyale.bsky.social & Abigail Marsh

Invited talks: @peez.bsky.social, Amrisha Vaish, @joshcjackson.bsky.social, @joodykeem.bsky.social, @sydneylevine.bsky.social, @nourkteily.bsky.social, Jessica Salerno, @mattlindauer.bsky.social

Organizers: yours truly & @jowylie.bsky.social

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Matt Lindauer @mattlindauer.bsky.social · 5d

Very much looking forward to giving a talk at this year's SPSP Moral Psych preconference! #spsp2026 #moralpsychology #philsky

Diego Reinero, Ph.D. @diegoreinero.bsky.social · 5d

🚨Excited to announce the full-day Moral Psychology pre-conference at #SPSP2026!

We sold out last year, and with this year’s incredible speaker lineup, we expect the same.

Submit your poster or data blitz abstract by Oct. 23! spsp.wufoo.com/forms/2026-p... There’s a best poster award!

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 17d

Excellent reporting from Heated and Atmos.

It looks like some of the biggest investors in the anti-trans movement are fossil fuel billionaires who are trying to use trans issues to ensure that Republicans pass policies favorable to their industry.

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Fossil fuel billionaires are bankrolling the anti-trans movement

An investigation shared exclusively with Atmos and HEATED finds that 80% of anti-trans organizations receive fossil fuel funding.

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Erich Hatala Matthes @ehatmat.bsky.social · 20d

My revised and expanded entry on the Ethics of Cultural Heritage is now live in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy! Appropriation, repatriation, monuments, and more, as well as a new section on the nascent aesthetic injustice literature. #philsky

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The Ethics of Cultural Heritage (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

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Kirstan Brodie @kirstanbrodie.bsky.social · 20d

Can reasoned arguments shift moral behavior? In a new preprint, @eschwitz.bsky.social, Jason Nemirow, @fierycushman.bsky.social and I explore this question in the context of charitable donation. (1/10)

Title: Philosophical Arguments Can Boost Charitable Giving
Authors: Kirstan Brodie, Eric Schwitzgebel, Jason Nemirow, and Fiery Cushman

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Matt Lindauer @mattlindauer.bsky.social · 23d

has nothing to do with being normal :)

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OSO links: academic.oup.com/book/60700

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Matt Lindauer @mattlindauer.bsky.social · 23d

It's Publication Day for The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts! 🥳 Thanks to the friends and mentors who helped make this happen, and to my editor Lucy Randall for her encouragement and input throughout the project.

Oxford University Press and Oxford Scholarship Online links in the comments.

The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts, Matthew Lindauer, Oxford University Press, 2025

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Matt Lindauer @mattlindauer.bsky.social · 27d

New paper with @jowylie.bsky.social and @anagantman.bsky.social on art, morality, and the true self, forthcoming in Cognition! #philsky #psysky

ana gantman @anagantman.bsky.social · 27d

you're having a sliding doors moment--you can either become a great artist or a great philanthropist. what path will make you feel like you've found your true self? @jowylie.bsky.social & @mattlindauer.bsky.social and i find that arts provide a unique one static1.squarespace.com/static/679ee...

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · Sep 10

A National Guard report accidentally emailed to the Post says veterans and active-duty troops view the D.C. deployment with "shame and alarm" @alexhorton.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

National Guard documents show public ‘fear,’ troops’ ‘shame’ over D.C. presence

Internal documents reviewed by The Post reveal, with rare candor, how domestic missions rooted in politics risk damaging Americans’ trust in the military.

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Matt Lindauer @mattlindauer.bsky.social · Sep 10

Early copies of my book arrived! :) Did a little unboxing after bringing the kids home from school. The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts is officially out in print September 19.

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Bastian Jaeger @bxjaeger.bsky.social · Sep 9

Nice review of recent research showing that younger children start out with a more expansive moral circle than older children and adults
@juliamarshall.bsky.social, @mattiwilks.bsky.social, @karrineldner.bsky.social

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Mollie Gerver @mgerver.bsky.social · Sep 9

The reporters tell us they interviewed dozens of anti-immigrant protesters and “also…asylum seekers.” By the end the article finally states only two asylum seekers were interviewed, who only say asylum seekers shouldn’t commit crimes. Thanks for the balanced view BBC. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'I'm angry. It's not right' - locals want asylum hotels shut, but are shared houses the answer? - BBC News

The BBC's UK editor, Ed Thomas, meets local people and asylum seekers in two towns in north-west England.

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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · Sep 9

In his new book, Prof. @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social explains how ordinary actions—when done with others—can help reshape unjust systems

Professor Shows How Everyday Actions Can Drive Major Social Change

In his book "Somebody Should Do Something," Michael Brownstein explains how personal choices can connect to structural change.

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Bill F @ecualung.bsky.social · Aug 31

I think all of this online content is a lot more vulnerable to just being totally lost than we realize. Future historians may have none of this stuff.

Which kinda makes you ponder how much more we could learn about, say, the Jacksonian era if we had access to all his late night thoughts

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Natalie Brender @nataliebrender.bsky.social · Aug 31

Why aren't people talking more about this book, which not only shows how terribly democratic collective action has atrophied in the US but gives detailed analysis of how to change that. By a true legend of democratic organizing (who cites Olivia Chow as one of his former students, for 🇨🇦).

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Matt Lindauer @mattlindauer.bsky.social · Aug 31

Arendt ^

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Brian D. Earp, PhD @briandavidearp.bsky.social · Aug 29

Final call for global collaborators on this replication collaboration on @bioxphi studies — moral psychologists and x-phi researchers wanted! especially based in SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE! global-bioXphi | moral science lab www.mscilab.com/globalbioxphi/

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